BIO: Calvin A. WEAVER, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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  C. A. WEAVER, deputy sheriff of Centre county, and a prominent 
resident of the picturesque city of Bellefonte, has been for some years 
an influential factor in political affairs in his county. His family, 
which is of German extraction, is well-known there, his grandfather, 
George Weaver, having come from southern Pennsylvania many years ago to 
make his home upon a farm in Haines township, where he and his wife, 
Sallie (Harper), reared a family of three sons: Noah, who died at 
Woodward in 1894, was a farmer and at one time oil operator; Henry A. 
is mentioned more fully below; Adam shot himself by accident while 
hunting foxes.
  Henry A. Weaver, our subject's father, was born at the old home in 
Haines township in 1825. He served three years in the war for the 
Union, as a private in Company D, 148th P.V.I. By occupation he was a 
farmer; in religious faith he was a leading member of the Reformed 
Church; and he took much interest in political questions, voting with 
the Democratic party. By his first wife, Rosetta (Stover), also a 
native of Haines township, he had four children, of whom our subject 
was the eldest; Anna married Oliver Wolf; Katie married C. C. Bell, and 
George G. is a farmer in Haines township. The mother of this little 
family was called from earth in 1864, and the father subsequently 
married Effie Gramley, a native of Miles township, Centre county. Two 
children were born of this union: Maggie S. and T. C.
  C. A. Weaver, our subject, was born February 13, 1853, and his 
education was secured in part at the school near the old homestead, in 
part at those of Miles township, Centre county. Shortly after the death 
of his mother, the necessity for making his own way in the world became 
apparent, and when twelve years old he began working for his board and 
clothes in Brush Valley, where he remained two years. He then spent 
some time working for farmers and at driving teams, and for one year 
was a clerk in Wolfe's store. Returning to Haines township, he clerked 
for B. F. Philips, at Aaronsburg, for a year, and then for the same 
length of time he drove a meat wagon, but the next two years he passed 
in the coal region in Schuylkill county, working in a wholesale flour 
and feed store. He then went to Penn Hall, and remained there six years 
as clerk for Major Fisher, his next employment being in a store at 
Shamokin, Northumberland county. Desiring to go into business for 
himself, he returned to Aaronsburg and engaged in huckstering, 
continuing thereat three years, later becoming interested in the 
bottling business and the manufacture of soft drinks. After three years 
of successful effort in these lines he sold out, and has ever since 
been in political life. For three years he had held the office of 
assessor, and in 1893 he was a candidate for the office of register, 
but was defeated. On June 9, 1896, he received the nomination for 
county treasurer. His interest in public affairs extends beyond 
political lines, however, and he is always ready to forward any measure 
for local improvement. He is an active 

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member of the Reformed Church, while, socially, he is identified with 
the Order of the Golden Eagle.
  In 1891 Mr. Weaver married Miss Mable Edmunds, a native of Haines 
township, born in 1872, and their home is brightened by a daughter, 
Edna Lucretia.

1910 Penn Township, Centre County census -
Calvin A. Weaver, 57 
Dora M. Weaver, 37 
Edna M. Weaver, 13 
Ruth L. Weaver, 10 
Thelma M. Weaver, 7 
Pauline E. Weaver, 6 
Augusta Edmunds, 70
Anna Mary Stover, 68